Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-18
WOMAN'S REALM
By Ntss. l.. Il. BLANK, ASSOCIATE Ep1ron.
What One Dakota Woman Hat Done.

What One Dakota Woman Hae Done
a pamphlet reaches US this week OF
more than usual interest, BECAUSE it
contains an account of what a Aerauld
county women has done for the upbuild-
Ing OF health, purity and tempaance.
tits the annual report of DR.. tessie.
Cushman Of Missouri She is thh -Na~
tlonal Superintendent of Hygiene for
the National VIC. I. L. Out on six
teen reports from state or eteYritSrial
superintendents of hyglene, we culEthe
following which compares favoraMg
with any report from old states. III
fact it surpasses any Yexcepting perhaps
the Michig IN report. = s.
."Dr. Nettie G. Hall. Territorial Super
intendent of Hygiene for Dakota.
Twenty-Five local. four County Su-
perlntendents. Six lectures and ten
original papers have been given.
Three hundred and sixty written
communications have been sent by DIR.
Hall to local Unions. She has copied
the Health Bible Reading and bill Of
fare for hygiene dinner, and sent to
twenty Unions written essays for ma
ny of her Local Superintendents to use
in their public meetings; written series
OF plain health talks for the State paper
and the local papers in which she edits
two columns. That IS the work of one
Woman's pen in q territory that de-
serves to become State, If for 70 9TH
er reas IN than that it has one such wo-
man. She says: Money is scarce IN the
territory; and have had to bear all the
expense Of my Department, so have
done all by pen. and most of 1T when
watching by my invalid husband IN the
silent hours" She has also circula-
ted several thousand leaflets. and sent
Mrs. kellogg's suggestions and fashion
petlons to seventy-seven Unions.
There is one hygienic cooking school
in the territory. One school where the
children are taught the laws OF health.
Several Unions hold monthly public
health meetings anu this is tbs first
year the Health Department has been
organized in Dakota
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illinois has seven lady county suter-
lntepdeots of schools An exchange
remarks. If there were four times as
many sensible woren elected this vear
schools,
Mrs. Pratt. who assists her hus,,an,i
occasionally in editing the Elkt,n Dali
Record is a very conscientious woman
and objects TO her husband ca,rvjnc
advertisements for merchants who adj
vertise goods arriving daily' wheb
tbrv dont have q train in Fn,toh off ,,I
or than twice = weal; on an a1ar,oa IA
account of the snow storms
Toronto over one thousand women
voted. it would seem from this thath
considerable number Of Toronto WI.
men want to regulate munjcjnu) al
fairs. II Ontario only wdnen VII,
hold property in their .cwn right art,
are not married can vote AT ,nunicint,
elections, At the recent contest the
women voted larce'v f0r tao feu,yet,-
ance candidate.
..rhe rece,;t decision az me s,,nrp,oe
court of Washjnoton 'rarritrrv dac,,r-
ino the act o,virr women the ha,]ot
nnccns,itutional was h.se,r sc]e,v n,on
the dafect that tha title did not q, rr,.ss
the oniect of tha hi, and not harapea
Of anv uncon nstitutionatitv inherent in
tha act itself The l,w has heer IN
force in WASHINGTON TERRITORY Far fbroe